[UPDATE BELOW] Sky News reports Lockerbie Bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has died.
“Official sources in Westminster are seeking to confirm reports that the Lockerbie bomber may have died,” according to Sky’s Political Editor Adam Boulton.
“Al-Megrahi was released controversially in August from Scottish prison by SNP Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill, on compassionate grounds.”
“At the time, it was claimed he had less than three months to live, because of prostate cancer,” Boulton reported.
Al-Megrahi was convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 270 on board.
UPDATE: The British lawyer for Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi says his client is alive, contradicting a Sky News report that said he was dead.
The denial came after Britain’s Sky News broadcast unconfirmed reports Wednesday that al-Megrahi died.
“It’s absolutely untrue,” lawyer Tony Kelly told the Reuters news agency. “He’s definitely not dead.”
“I’m not saying anything about his health condition other than the fact he is alive and breathing,” Kelly said.
Kelly criticized the network and demanded an apology. Kelly, however, refused to say exactly when he had last spoken to al-Megrahi or how he knew.
(Source: Fox News / CBS News)
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If, in fact, he has died, NOW his real punishment will BEGIN. Yaish Din, v’yaish Dayan!
May he burn in the deepest of hells!!amen
Sky News has subsequently printed a report that his lawyer says that he is still alive.
Goodbye and good riddance!
Now its G-D’s turn to deal with him. Remember there were yiddin – shomray torah u’mitzvos too – on that flight!
#4 – G-D is the One who dealt with him all along, now it’s up in heaven.
Yimach Shemo V’Zichro
אבדו שונאיו של הקדוש ברוך הוא, ועליהם הכתוב אומר “הלוא משנאיך ה’, אשנא”
Yemach Shemo
Just saw Volume 9 from “Yeshous” that al-Megrahi did Tshuva just before he died, by pledging money to Kupat Ha’ir and therfore,he is L’cheora still alive and therefore we have to be him Dan L’Kaf Zchus?